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Boileau (French) [bwalo] n (Biographies / Boileau, Nicolas (1636-1711) M, French, WRITING: poet, WRITING: critic) Nicolas (nikɔlɑ). full name Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux. 1636-1711, French poet and critic; author of satires, epistles, and L'Art poétique (1674), in which he laid down the basic principles of French classical literature How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Guenaud was a very learned and circumspect man, who stood in no need of the critiques of Boileau to obtain a reputation. All took their places, or rather the ladies formed a circle, while the gentlemen (more indifferent to the restraints of what Boileau calls the "energetic style") commented on the feverish agitation of Andrea, on M. " or Hogan-Yale of the White Hussars, leading his squadron for all it was worth, with the price of horseshoes thrown in; or "Tick" Boileau, trying to live up to his fierce blue and gold turban while the wasps of the Bengal Cavalry stretched to a gallop in the wake of the long, lollopping Walers of the White Hussars. |
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